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Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono… the Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness. This is the state motto of Hawaii and when you rent a Hawaiian vacation home, you will truly understand the meaning of Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono. The warmth and spirit of the Hawaiian people sincerely complements the Hawaiian Islands' perfect, year-round temperatures, making Hawaii a premier travel destination!
Hawaii vacation homes, Hawaii vacation rentals, Hawaii villas, Hawaii cabins, and Hawaiian condos are the best way to enjoy any of the six Hawaiian Islands. If you want to plan a family town & country Oahu beach vacation, visit the Kohola (the Hawaiian Humpback whale), as they journey to the island of Kauai in the winter months, drive the Road to Hana on the island of Maui, or experience an active volcano on the Big Island, Hawaii is the place to visit. A Hawaii vacation rental will give you and your fellow travelers room to make yourselves at home while exploring travel destinations rich in history, natural beauty, and Hawaiian heritage. Whatever your travel budget may be, a variety of Hawaii vacation rentals are available.
There is no place like home… except when you stay at a Hawaii vacation rental! If you are looking for a luxurious, beachfront Hawaiian villa or a modest pet-friendly, Hawaiian condo rental, Hawaii has it all. Reserve your vacation rental directly by owner and ask about their local attractions.
The beauty of Kauai vacation rental homes is that the options are endless. Nicknamed, the Garden Isle, Kauai is treasured for its luscious tropical foliage, postcard perfect sunsets, and sparkling sand beaches.
From the towering cliffs of the Napali Coast to the immense chasms of Waimea Canyon, Kauai vacation homes embrace all your five senses like no other place in the world. Explore the island by car, charter boat, or helicopter tour to truly experience a Hawaiian locale that will most certainly surpass any dream you may have had about it. Explore 50 miles of serene beaches from Poipu Beach to Hanalei Bay. Visit charming and historic small towns like Hanapepe and Koloa where no dwelling rises higher than a coconut tree. With so much to see and do, "Hawaii's Garden Isle" vacation rental homes are the perfect way to experience the undeniable allure of Kauai.
Oahu vacation rentals enjoy the best of town and country. Oahu vacation rentals directly by owner blend Hawaii's timeless natural beauty with today's modern luxuries. Wake up from your Oahu condo rental and check out the early morning surf on the famous North Shore's Banzai Pipeline while sipping a Hawaiian grown cup of java and munching on a fresh baked mango morning muffin or spend the day remembering America's heros lost at Pearl Harbor. Make sure to visit the various attractions dedicated to World War II finest soldiers like the USS Arizona, USS Missouri, USS Bowfin, and the Pacific Aviation Museum.
Honolulu, Oahu vacation homes are amidst the epicenter of Hawaiian art, history, culture. Don't forget to take a photo with the statue of King Kamehameha while visiting downtown Honolulu. If surfing is your pleasure, rent a vacation home in Waikiki. No vacation rental doorstep is more than 2-3 blocks walking distance to the beach. With its calm waters, the beaches of Waikiki offer a great place for swimming as well as your very first surf lesson.
The ability to discover rustic surf towns and within moments be dining at a Five Star Hawaii Regional Cuisine restaurant is what makes Oahu vacation rental experiences unrivaled. With so much to explore and discover on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, you are never far from just what you are looking for. Vacation on the island of Oahu and "find the island paradise you have been searching for."
When you think of Molokai vacation rentals, imagine tranquil seascapes, untouched coastlines, and untamed wilderness. Molokai vacation villas step back to an eternal place. Molokai, Hawaii is the island that has stayed true to its Hawaiian traditions, hidden from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the world. There are no traffic lights because there is never any traffic, and no building is taller than a coconut tree. Relax in a tranquil vacation home on Molokai and let the mana (power) of Hawaiian culture come over you. Whether you choose Molokai to have a peaceful beach vacation where you soak under the Hawaiian sun and watch sea turtles dance in the waves, or to have outdoor adventures like taking a mule ride, you will fall in love with this undiscovered island. Book a Molokai vacation rental directly by owner and experience for yourself why Molokai, Hawaii is "Hawaiian by Nature".
Lanai vacation villas directly by owner are the perfect locale for honeymooners. Venture out on a drive from your Lanai vacation rental and see Puu Pehe, the Sweetheart Rock. Ask the locals about Pehe and Makakehau's love story. Want to experience more captivating Hawaiian culture, then take a 4-wheel vehicle to the "Garden of the Gods." Keahiakawelo is an otherworldly rock garden where rock towers, spires, and formation formed over centuries from erosion. Bring some champagne and celebrate with your loved one while the sun sets on the rock garden, casting a warm orange glow on the rocks, illuminating them into brilliant reds and purples.
As the smallest inhabited in the Hawaiian island chain, Lanai vacation rentals offer endearing enticements to its visitors. From the show-stopping views atop the pine-lined Munro Trail to watching the spinner dolphins in Hulopoe Bay, Lanai vacation homes are a special place where you are sure to find tranquility, adventure, and intimacy. If you want to get away from the world, take your sweetheart and get away to a Lanai vacation home.
Magic happens on Maui, Hawaii. It is that simple. Rent a vacation rental home on Maui and spend your time lounging on Maui beaches that have been voted best in the world. Stroll through the town of Lahaina where you will local Hawaiian products and most likely catch a glimpse of humpback whales. Pack a lunch at your Maui vacation home, gas up the rental car, and head to the "road to Hana". The Hana Highway has over 600 curves and 54 bridges. It leads you through tropical rainforests, gushing waterfalls, plunging pools, and spectacular seascapes.
Experience the Haleakala National Park in Kipahulu and you will see the Pools of Oheo where waterfalls spill into tiered pools leading to the ocean. Jump right in or hike up the Pipiwai Trail, 400 feet up, to Waimoku Falls.
Maui vacation home rentals directly by owner will show you that Hawaii is more than amazing beaches, luaus, and pineapples. From championship golf courses to sophisticated resort
dining, discover your own reasons to fall in love with Maui, Hawaii.
Big Island Vacation Rentals
Where else in the world can you visit an active volcano and see snow-capped peaks in one locale? Big Island vacation homes are not only located near the world's most active volcano (Kilauea), but you can experience the tallest sea mountain in the world (Maunakea), the most massive mountain in the world (Maunaloa), and the largest park in Hawaii (Hawaii Volcanoes National Park).
When you book your Big Island vacation home directly by owner, take this tip along with you. Want to capture the most amazing sunsets in your lifetime? In the town of Kailua-Kona, go behind the shopping village on Ali'I Drive. Back there is an open, grassy area next to the sea wall and is mixed with palm trees. From there, you get a breathtaking view of Kailua Pier, the boats bobbing in the ocean, and the rolling waves of the open Pacific as the sun sets on the horizon.
The dramatic size and range of the largest Hawaiian Island creates a microcosm of environments and activities. The Big Island vacation homes provide a vast assortment of extravagant resorts, world-class golf, modest local towns, and sacred Hawaiian historical sites, all of which make up Hawaii's "Island of Adventure".
· Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. Coffee plantations in Hawaii make up 6,200 acres. Wake up to the freshest cup of coffee while sitting on your Hawaiian vacation rental lanai.
· Hawaii is the only state in United State that is not geographically located in North America, but they have some of the most stunning vacation rentals!
· Hawaii produces about 320,000 tons of pineapple each year
· Hawaii has the highest life expectancy in the United States. Life expectancy for males is 75, for females 80 years.
· Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth.
· Honolulu is the largest city in the world -- at least it has the longest borders.
· The island of Oahu draws more visitors than any other to Hawaii. One-third of the state's best surfing beaches are on Oahu. Imagine the oceanfront beach vacation rentals available!
· The island is the worldwide leader in harvesting macadamia nuts and orchids. You know what that means… tons of souvenirs to bring home from your Hawaiian rental vacation.
· Hawaii remains one of the largest by state consumers of SPAM®, with people eating roughly 5.6 cans of SPAM® per year on average.
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We thought we were supposed to have fusion-power for our DeLorean by now but it perhaps urine-power is just around the corner instead. [Gerardine Botte] has been working on creating hydrogen from urine, the world's most abundant waste product. The voltage needed to break apart the urea atoms is less than half that of water, and the way we see it, you've had the added benefit of already using the water once before creating the fuel. [Gerardine] also makes the point that urine has phosphorus in it which could be another useful outcome of the process because it is needed as an agricultural fertilizer. Does this mean that you can repay your designated driver by fueling up his vehicle after a night at the bar? It's probably better than doing the same for the battery of your cell phone.
Hackers produced the first vegetable-oil powered vehicles so we're throwing down the challenge of producing the first pee-and-go automobile. Good luck and wash your hands when you're done.
[Thanks Peter]

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Which Credit Card Applications Are Trying To Hide The Least Info From You?
Between interest rates, rewards, balance transfers and fees, there are lots of places for banks to hide information that might drive a potential credit card customer away. But a new study looked at the country's top 10 credit card issuers to determine which companies are hiding the least from consumers. And you might be surprised at who came out on top.
For the past few years, the folks at CardHub.com have looked at a variety of credit card applications from the major card issuers and judged them based on the following criteria:
* Clarity on Rewards: The application clearly defined, without reading the fine print, how to earn rewards and how much the rewards were worth to the customer (e.g. Are 10,000 miles worth a trip to New York or a trip to Greece?).
* Clarity on Annual Fee: The annual fee is clearly displayed without having to go to the pricing disclosures for the credit card.
* Clarity on How Much it Costs to Carry a Balance for New Purchases: The introductory and regular APR for new purchases made on a credit card were clearly displayed without having to go to the pricing disclosures, read the fine print, or click out of the landing page.
* Clarity on How Much it Costs to Make a Balance Transfer: The introductory and regular APR for a balance transfer, as well as the balance transfer fee, were clearly displayed without having to go to the pricing disclosures, read the fine print, or click out of the application page.
Capital One, a perennial contender in Consumerist's Worst Company In America tournament, beat out all other card issuers with a 98.6% transparency score, identical to its result from last year and up slightly from the 96.4% score from 2010. Cap One has been on top of the transparency rankings for all three years.
Citi's second-place finish isn't just notable because the bank scored and impressive 96.4% score, but because that's a huge turnaround from the previous year, when Citi came in tenth out of ten issuers with a score of 82.1%.
Of the two companies that issue cards and operate their own networks, Discover had a respectable fourth place result with a rating of 87.5%, up 5% and five positions from 2011. Meanwhile, American Express saw a significant drop in score, from 85% in 2011 to 76.7% in 2012, to land in eighth place.
And yet, there were still two less-transparent banks on the list — USAA (72.7%) and newcomer to the list Barclays (62.0%).
CardHub says that while most banks saw an increase in transparency, which can likely be attributed to reforms introduced by the CARD Act, the inclusion of Barclays on the list and the significant declines at a couple other issuers lowered the overall level of transparency from 89% in 2011 to 84.2% in 2012.
You can check out the whole study — along with scores for each of the cards in the study — here.
Want more consumer news? Visit our parent organization, Consumer Reports, for the latest on scams, recalls, and other consumer issues.


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PR Newswire
ISTAMBUL, 16 de junho, 2016
Turkish Airlines, Europe's best airline for five consecutive years*, this week takes David Guetta's UEFA EURO 2016(TM) anthem to the 24 competing nations in this year's tournament. Football and David Guetta fans in Portugal can enjoy their bespoke music video This One's For Euro 2016 with a local twist. The star's music video for This One's For You was unveiled on Friday, 10 June. The Turkish Airlines presented film amassed nearly half a million views within its first day.
Turkish Airlines is the Official Airline Partner to this summer's competition, and has taken part in a number of initiatives to ignite passion in Europe's football fans. As the carrier that flies to the most international destinations, Turkish Airlines takes an active interest in Europe's sporting and cultural events.
APassengers travelling on Turkish Airlines will be able to stream it on their in-flight entertainment systems. As part of Turkish Airline's #EuropesBest campaign, the carrier has also teamed up with music streaming service Spotify. To bring to life the diversity of Europe's footballing fans, the top-charting songs from each competing nation is aggregated into a playlist (called Europe's Best Songs), which is available on Spotify or on the campaign's microsite, meeteuropesbest.com
Ahmet Olmuştur, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Turkish Airlines, said: "Music has always been a big part of football. Chants that echo around stadia have brought fans together for decades, and this new song and video from David Guetta will do just that. Turkish Airlines is thrilled to be featured in the 'This One's For You' video, and we're all looking forward to a successful tournament."
'This One's For You' was written and produced by David Guetta and features Zara Larsson, the latest Swedish pop sensation. One million fans also took part in the recording of the song through a special application created by UEFA. David Guetta performed the song at a free concert under the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 10.
Turkish Airlines, Inc General Administrative Building 34830 Yesilköy-Istanbul Tel: +90-(212)-463-63-63 11173-11153 Fax: +90-(212)-465-20-78
Source: Turkish Airlines
Copyright (c) 2016 PR Newswire


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So i've finally did it, I've filmed a vlog! I've wanted to do day in the life videos for a long time and now that I'm in my last semester of school I'm making more of an effort to reinvigorate my videos and blog posts. This video takes you along with me and my bestie as we go shopping for deals at an amazing warehouse boutique sale that happened here in Atlanta.
Check out the video!
I hope you guys enjoyed my first Official Vlog. I actually have a few coming up from my vacay in Paris, Amsterdam, London and France and plan on filming more!
I need your help! Do you guys prefer that I post these vlogs to my regular Beauty Channel or should I create a new vlog channel? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks guys!


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Academic Support
Academic Support provides leadership to ensure success for students receiving academic interventions, services to help students acquire English language proficiency, services for Native American students, and services designed to help mitigate the effects of poverty on student learning and success in school. The team supports efforts focused on ensuring academic success for every student by collaborating with district leaders, school principals, and teams to develop tiered instruction to increase student access and engagement, close achievement and opportunity gaps, and support student learning and success.
Lake Washington School District recognizes there are a number of families in need in our community. It can be difficult to know where to turn when you need help. That is why the Homeless Liaison developed a list of community resources to support students, parents and families in our community, whether homeless or not.
The list of community resources is organized by type of services offered. This list is not intended to be complete.


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Performance Reports
At the end of the project period, grantees must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c).
Grantees submit reports through the FIPSE Grant Database. The Department provides grantees with the required password and other information needed to access the FIPSE database system. The database also includes a publicly accessible searchable catalog of abstracts of projects funded under OPE's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education programs.
Performance Measure
Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the following measure will be used by the Department in assessing the performance of the Off-Campus Community Service Program: The extent to which funded projects have successfully placed students in early childhood education jobs and emergency preparedness jobs.


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See it with someone youre sure of
Rating: 8/10
Running Time: 95 minutes
UK Certificate: 18
On DVD
Boarding a train, a young man notices a woman travelling alone overnight to New York. Later, after he has secretly prepared a syringe in the bathroom, he sneaks into the woman's sleeper compartment, injects her with sedatives while politely informing her 'I just want you to sleep, please', climbs naked into her bed after she has stopped struggling – and opens her wrist with a razor and drinks her blood before meticulously rearranging the room to make her death look like a suicide.
As this opening scene of 'Martin' unfolds, from moment to moment our idea of who Martin is keeps changing – from anonymous teenager to drug addict to rapist to deranged killer. When he reaches Pittsburgh, however, we learn that his uncle Cuda (Lincoln Maazel) has another label for him – 'Nosferatu', a vampire afflicted with an ancient family curse from the old country – even though Cuda's garlic, crucifixes and exorcism prove to have no effect on him. Cuda's Americanised granddaughter Christina, on the other hand, insists that Martin is just unbalanced, driven to madness by family superstition.
Martin himself is convinced of his own vampirism, claiming, despite all appearances, to be 84 years old, and continuing to perpetrate his strangely sexual murders. Except that by the time 'Martin' is over, you will be left unsure of who exactly Martin is, or whether he has really killed anybody at all. George A. Romero, best known for his zombie trilogy 'Night of the Living Dead', 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Day of the Dead', has created a highly original variant on the traditional vampire film. Not so much a horror film as a tragedy of alienation, 'Martin' presents a man gravely isolated by a repressive family environment, painful shyness and fear of 'sexy stuff' – and along the way it portrays a deadend neighbourhood, rife with unemployment, crime and social decay, where the local church has burnt down and there is enough blood-letting going on anyway without Martin's interventions.
John Amplas puts in a remarkably intense performance as Martin, transforming this otherworldly, uncommunicative character into someone both believable and sympathetic, if never quite understood. Christina is played by Romero's wife Christine Forrest, her boyfriend Arthur by Tom Savini (the most famous horror make-up artist of the seventies and eighties), and a new local priest by Romero himself. The film's low-budget look just adds to the sombre tone, and, despite the grand guignol ending, there is otherwise considerable restraint on the gore (at least by Romero's standards) in this elegy for a society which requires old myths to explain its new monsters.
It's Got: A killer performance from John Amplas (where is he now?) and enough ideas and ambiguity to have you turning in your bed (or grave) for days.
It Needs: Greater recognition.
DVD Extras As well as notes on the film written by George A. Romero at the time of its original release, there is an original theatrical trailer, as well as TV and radio spots (the latter of which are especially haunting given that in the film Martin is only able to communicate by confessing anonymously on a latenight radio talkback show). Best of all is a bizarre 23-minute German programme (with English subtitles) on Romero made shortly after the films release, which is a real timepiece revealing just how much Romero intellectualised his horror films. A small section of the film was badly pixellated. DVD Extras Rating: 6/10
A subtle drama of urban decay and social isolation that merely masquerades as a vampire film, with a mesmerising central performance. It may be overtly low-budget and slightly dated, but of course these can only be good things when talking about 1970s horror films.


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Real Oil Paints, Real Bushes, Real Artists
This is a hand painted oil painting reproduction of "The Women of Algiers (1834) By Eugene Delacroix" - on high quality canvas and available in many sizes or choose another artwork from thousands of different oil paintings and artists. The highest quality oil painting reproductions with great customer service and a moneyback guarantee! No printing or digital imaging used. Just real oil paint on canvas.
All paintings will have a few inches of white canvas around the painting for stretching and framing.


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Chapter 5 - Newbie Questions Answered
Same as all the others - I didn't write 'em. BTW, the file needed for the chapter will be attached to the end of the lesson for downloading. Later! - uraloony
Previous tutorials -
Chapter 1 -
Chapter 2 -
Chapter 3 -
Chapter 4 -
Chapter 5 - Newbie Questions Answered
Topics covered -
How can I spot different CD copying protections and how can I defeat them?
How can I bypass a proxy server and access blocked sites?
Hacking ICQ explained
How to crash someones computer on a windows 9x network
Getting network login passwords ( by Max van Gorkum )
What are the different CD copying protections and how can I defeat them?
Here are most of the CD protections used to protect games and applications from people trying to copy them with their CD-R's. Most of the files and programs I mention here can be downloaded from http://www.cdrsoft.com .
If your CD is protected with CD-Cops, when executing the main .exe file, a window appears with the words CD and Cops in the title. Also, the following files will be present in the installation directory:
Files with the .GZ_ and .W_X extentions.
To defeat this you can use the 'CD-Cops decrypter' - which should work on some CD's.
No details yet known.
Copy-Protected CD & The Bongle
At present there is no generic patch available, so it likely you will need to find specific patches for each CD (i.e. look for a CD crack).
A CD protected with DiscGuard will have the following files on the CD or in the installation directory:
At present there is no generic patch available, so it likely you will need to find specific patches for each CD (i.e. look for a CD crack).
A LaserLock protected CD will have a hidden directory called "Laserlok" on it. This directory can be seen if you tell windows to "show all files". The folder was designed to contain files with unreadable errors so that the CD could not be copied correctly.
At present there is no generic patch available, so it likely you will need to find specific patches for each CD (i.e. look for a CD crack). Sometimes this kind of protection can be got round using the 'Ignore Read Error' setting that a few good CD copiers have (CDRWin, Nero, DiskJuggler).
A LockBlocks protected CD will have 2 circles (5 mm and 3 mm), which cause a CD-R to lockup when being read.
At present there is no generic patch available, so it likely you will need to find specific patches for each CD (i.e. look for a CD crack).
Detection on this is unknown at this moment in time.
A CD protected with SafeDisk will have the following files on the CD:
GAME.EXE <replace game with the game title>
GAME.ICD <replace game with the game title>
To defeat this you need to Create a 1:1 copy of the CD and then use the "Generic SafeDisc Patch" (available from http://www.cdrsoft.com" to allow you to play the copy. Another method is to look for a patched game.exe file (do a search in a good search engine) and then do the following:
Create an image of the CD on your hard drive, but use the patched game.exe instead of the one actually on the CD. It is often better to use the CD-R drive to get the image file because the CD-R drive is more likely to avoid read errors.
Write the image file onto a blank CD-R at 1x (this will help to avoid errors).
If a CD uses the SecuROM protection scheme, one of the following files will exist in the installed directory OR in the root of the CD:
To defeat this you can use a generic patch:
SecuROM R1: Get Generic SecuROM R2
SecuROM R2: Get Generic SecuROM R3
SecuROM R3: Get Generic SecuROM R4 v1.1
SecuROM R4: Get Generic SecuROM R5 v5.1
SecuROM R5: Get Generic SecuROM R5 v6.0
Here are some other techniques that are frequently used to protect CD's
Dummy Files
This can be detected by looking for large dummy files, mostly over 600 Mb, in the root of the CD (usually with a .AFP extension).
If the original CD is smaller than 659 Mb, you can do a CD copy which will re-create the exact Dummy Files on the copied CD. If the original CD is over 659 Mb then OverSize a 74 Minutes CD-R or just use an 80 Minutes CD-R to make an exact backup.
Illegal Table Of Contents (TOC) file
This can be found by examining the tracks of the source CD. Usually there will seem to be a second data track (which is not allowed). Commonly, this track will appear after some audio tracks.
You can now bypass the illegal TOC files deliberately put on CD's as a form of protection by using a program such as 'Nero' or 'CDRWIN'. These programs have an option to ignore an illegal TOC file.
Protection Info
OverBurning CD's
To detect this, use a 74 minute writable CD and choose to do a test before writing - if the source CD has been overburned then the CD copier will come up with an error and tell you that your CD is not big enough (even if the source and destination CD's are both 74 mins!!).
To defeat this you can use a program such as 'Nero' or 'CDRWIN' to OverSize the CD-R using a capable CD-Writer . However, this can be dangerous if your CD writer does not support overburning - but there is another way! Simply get hold of an 80 minute writable and copy the source CD onto that!
The games 'Half Life', 'Kingpin', and 'Commandos' all use this method of protection.
Physical Errors
The CD is damaged on purpose. Most CD-Readers are not able to "copy" these kind of errors and will stop reading the CD. Few CD-Readers are able to copy these errors. The program 'BlindRead' can be very handy copying this protection.
PlayStation CD's
During the boot, the PSX chipset checks for an unknown sector on the CDS. This unknown sector is outside the mechanical range of the CD-Reader pickup. Therefore it is NOT possible to copy this track onto a CD-R.
To defeat this, install a modified Boot Chip (ModChip) inside the Playstation. This will trick the PlayStation so it thinks the inserted CD contains the right Country-Code & Bad Blocks.
Sega DreamCast CD's
The Dreamcast actually uses GD-ROMs, which hold a maximum of 1Gb of Data instead of the standard 650-700 Mb. This provides a good level of copy protection as they cannot be reproduced using a standard CD-Writer.
A GD-ROM consists of 2 DATA tracks. The first is usually between 10 & 50 Mb and can be read by a normal CD-Reader. The second track is written in a high density format which is NOT accessible by a normal CD-Reader.
At the moment, there doesn't appear to be a perfect way of copying these CD's.
How can I bypass a proxy server and access blocked web sites?
I have had quite a few requests from people asking me how to access sites that are blocked at college or at work. It is quite difficult, if not impossible, for me to tell you exactly how to bypass the proxy server. This is because there are so many different ones out there, and bypassing one relies heavily on how the computers are set up. Anyhow, here are 3 techniques to access blocked web sites which might just work!
Technique 1
Say there is an url that you really want to get to - e.g.www.hackers.com - but whenever you try to access it you get "Access Denied" or something similar. One way I have found which sometimes works is to:
Go to http://come.to (or any other redirection service) and set up a new redirection url. A redirection url is an address which will take you somewhere else when you type it in. Typically these are used by people who have free webspace with really really long urls like http://www.myfreespaceonmyisp.com/us...rman/index.htm - now thats not a good address is it? So, the owner of the site would go to a redirection service (like come.to) and register a redirect url. Then, instead of giving out the long url to all his friends, he can give them the new, shorter redirect url - which would typically be something like: http://come.to/herman .
Set up the redirect url to go to the banned web site - in this case http://www.hackers.com
Once registered - simply type your redirect url and bingo! if it works you will be taken to the banned site!
This may or may not work - I have had this work for me though. It works because the title at the top of the browser and the address in the the url box remain the redirect url and do not change to the banned site.
Technique 2
Optiklenz from "Legions Of the Underground" has a method called the ' Defunct IP Protocol' which may just work:
If you take an IP in standard form, and convert it to a defunct IP (this is how optiklenz reffers to it) the defunct IP will still work just like the normal IP, but because it has no decimals separating segments it is perceived as an Intranet host rather than an IP - and Intranet hosts usually have very little security precautions assigned to them.
Here is optiklenz's description of how a defunct IP is created form a standard IP:
Seeing that IP's are 32 bits in 4 8bit segments. If you take 32 (bits of the ip) and multiply it by 8(bits of each ip segment) you get 256 bits or a cluster of 1's, and 0's depending on how you are looking at it. =]
The give an example of how we go from an IP in decimal form to a defunct ip. We'll use www.legions.org. Resolve the domain name. In this case we have 184.108.40.206:
[segments referred to as SEG]
256| 3-2-1 method...
32(8) = 256
145_+ -= 3353565329 (new identifier)
Defunct IP: The reason I call the new identifier a defunct IP is because when it goes through the above process it is no longer decimal form. So I refer to it as a "dead ip"
Now, this defunct IP is no longer really an IP and therefore any security implementations that occur for an IP address are no longer present. So, to answer the question above, If you have access to a computer where internet sites are blocked behind a proxy, you can use the defunct IP so that the security measures no longer apply.
www.legions.org >> Blocked by Proxy
126.96.36.199 (IP of www.legions.org) >> Blocked by Proxy
3353565329 (Defunct IP for www.legions.org) >> Allowed
You can see that this is an important factor for any system admin to take on board. Now, lets make it clear - this technique is not very likely to work on the web site that you want to access...but its worth a try! There is a program included with this volume called DIP.EXE. This is a quick little program I threw together. It will convert a hostname to an IP address, and then convert the IP to a DIP. Try it!
Technique 3
Ok, this is a pain - and should really only be even considered if you are desperate to access a site!
There are these services on the net called WebMail servers. These servers allow you to send mails to them requesting particular web pages. The idea is that you send an email with the command 'GO http://www.banned.com/page.html' and they will send you the page (through to your email) in the form of html. Ok, so you can probably already see the limitations of these as I speak...but they do work. The problem is that some of these servers take minutes to send it - some take days!
Also, some of them have loads of commands which makes things quite confusing. For example, some of them send you the page in text format unless you actually specify that you want the html - and some of them only send you images if you specify as well.
Here are some of these servers and their commands - to use them, email them using the syntax below and leave the subject line blank.
Email Address
Command to get html
firstname.lastname@example.com SOURCE <url>
email@example.com SOURCE <url>
firstname.lastname@example.com SOURCE <url>
webmail@<a rel="nofollow" href="http...www.ucc.ie GO <url>
email@example.com GET -img<url>
firstname.lastname@example.com <url>
So a typical mail to one of these might look like:
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
get -img http://www.banned.com/page.html
Hacking ICQ explained
A few people have requested this to be covered...so here it is!
Firstly, I would like to make it clear that:
Some of the things I mention may only work for certain versions of ICQ. Mirabilis (The makers of ICQ) frequently update ICQ to get rid of vulnerabilities.
I am not an ICQ expert (largely because I tried to get the manual on the ICQ protocol but failed because it was a broken link!). I used to use it, but I grew tired of it and uninstalled it. I have recently re-installed it for the purposes of this tutorial.
Although I will refer to a few ICQ programs (script kiddie style programs) I want to make it clear that this tutorial will focus around you doing the hacking yourself...not just downloading kiddie cracks!
If you are using an ICQ clone for a different O/S (such as Linux you clever little devils!) then most of these techniques probably won't apply to you (since Linux ICQ clones get round most of the problems themselves anyway!).
Ok..lets look at some questions:
How can I get someones IP address on ICQ?
Some people will want to be able to get peoples IP addresses from ICQ. This is usually so that they can port scan the IP in search of services or exploits that may be present on the computer. Also, if you go on an IRC server that masks your IP (i.e. hides it) and you want to get someones IP for one reason or another...you might be able to get it through ICQ as alot of people who use IRC also use ICQ.
To get someones IP address:
1> Click the users Nickname on your contact list
2> Choose 'User information' or 'User details' or similar.
3> There should be a box stating their current or last IP. If it is blank...they have the IP masking feature on.
I tried that...but the persons IP is hidden!
There is an option to hide your IP from other ICQ users (which is pretty damn sensible)..and your target probably has this turned on. Now, although he probably feels safe in the knowledge that his IP can not be found...he is wrong.
Think about it...because ICQ works in such mysterious ways - when you send a message to another user, your ICQ client HAS no know the IP of the person you are trying to contact or else it won't be able to connect to him and give him the message. Therefore, in reality - your ICQ client actually knows everyones IP address...it just isn't telling you them!!
There are patchs (script kiddie alert) which will modify your ICQ client to make it show the IP addresses of all the users (regardless of whether they have the IP hiding option on or off) and I believe you can probably get one from http://www.warforge.com - or a search in a good search engine will usually get you one. However...
There is a more funky way. There is an msdos program called 'NetStat' which you can use by going to a dos prompt and typing 'Netstat'. The Netstat program is used to show connections and listening ports on your computer. Try it, go to a dos prompt and type:
Netstat -a
This will then bring up a list of all connections and listening ports on your computer. Do this once, and then go back to your ICQ client (leave the dos window open). Now send something to your target (the person whose IP you want to get), either a message or an url or something.
Now go back to the dos window and type 'Netstat -a' again. There should be a new connection there somewhere which should be in the 'established' mode. On that line is also the IP address of the person who the connection was made to - yes thats right...your target!
ALSO, it will show the ICQ port of your target. This is because it shows the port your computer is communicating with them on. It will usually be between 1024 - and 2000 and it follows the IP in the format:
<IP address>:<Port>
So in Netstat, the port appears after the ":" next to the IP. The port might be useful for you later.
I know it sounds like a bit more work than just installing an ICQ patch/mod but this is definately the most elite way to do it. Oh, and trying this without any other Internet related programs running will make netstat respond a bit quicker, and make it easier to read.
What Port does ICQ open on my computer then?
It varies, usually between 1024 to 2000
Are there any exploits for the "ICQ Homepage" feature?
I have heard of three good ones. The first allows you to read any file of the persons hard drive, and the second allows you to crash the persons ICQ client.
ICQ Homepage was a feature included in version "ICQ99a build #1700" and up. It allows ICQ users to run a kind of personal web server from their computer. The directory \icq\homepage\ is the default directory which ICQ uses, and it allows anyone who connects to your web server to access things in that directory. However, you can use a directory climbing exploit to move up in the persons hard drive.
So, if you access the persons web server and instead of asking for a normal file or directory...type:
You would no longer be in "c:\program files\ICQ\Homepage\" you would be in "c:\". You can then continue as normal and browse his entire hard drive. By the way, "/../../../" simply means "Go up 3 directory's". I could also have used:
This means exactly the same thing. In reality, step by step that command would make you go to:
c:\program files\ICQ\Homepage
c:\program files\ICQ\
c:\program files\
So, no longer are you bound to only being able to view the "homepage" directory - you can see all. Now, say I connected to his ICQ web server and I wanted to view the c:\windows\ directory - I would type:
But, there is another problem! ICQ web server will only let you view .html .jpg and .gif files - which makes you think "So whats the point in viewing all the file on his hard drive...if I can't actually read them!!" - well, think again - another exploit is also present.
Ok, lets say I want to view his "c:\windows\win.ini" file. ICQ web server won't let me because it doesn't let you access .ini files. Here'swhat you would type to get round it:
Seriously, that works! it tricks ICQ web server because it sees the '.html' in the address.
As far as I know, the web server exploits are in versions "ICQ99a build #1700" and "ICQ99a build #1701"...but there is another tiny exploit in the newer version of ICQ's homepage:
Now they have fixed the directory climbing exploit - there is another little thing you can still do with it. This time it allows you to check whether certain files exist on their computer. I know this isn't all that useful...but i'm sure some people will find this damn useful!
Lets get some background -
When you connect to a web site and request a file that doesn't exist, the web server returns the error code '404'. This means that the file does not exist. Now, if the file does exist - but you are not allowed to access it, you will receive error code '403' which means forbidden.
If you connect to a newer ICQ homepage user, the /..../.html/windows/win.ini bug won't work - but let's take a look at the error message you get!
URL: /..../.html/windows/win.ini
ERROR #: 403: Forbidden
hmm, now lets try:
URL: /..../.html/windows/qwasquatnot.ini
ERROR #: 404: Not Found
Caught on yet? yes, thats right...if you use the exploit to get to a file that exists - you recieve error code 403. If you use the exploit to get to a file that doesn't exist - you get error code 404.
Using this you can check whether particular files are present on the targets hard drive.
The other problem I know of is only present in Build #1700. It allows you to crash anyones ICQ client if they are running the Homepage facility. Simply:
Go to startmenu > run
Type: Telnet <their IP> 80
Wait until you get a connection and then type: 'GET' or 'QUIT' or something which is a non-standard web server command.
In around 5-10 seconds they should dissapear from your 'online' list - this is because their ICQ has crashed.
How can I get someones UIN by just knowing their IP?
Ok, firstly - why would you want to do this? Say you are on IRC and someone nukes you or floods you and you want to show him how good you are, or search his computer for exploits you know of - wouldn't it be great if we could get his ICQ number! If you had that, you might also be able to use the ICQ personal information to get more info about this loser! Well, you can get his IP easily enough - so here's how you get the UIN from the IP!
ICQ message spoofers (fakers) work in a different way to ICQ messages. Message spoofers don't require you to know the UIN of the person (why would they need to?) they simple ask for the persons IP. I think you could probably get one from any hacking web site out there.
So, the general idea is that you:
1> Get his IP. To get it in IRC simply type: /dns <nickname>
2> Spoof a message to them from your UIN (yes, spoof it from yourself - it does make sense) which will make them reply to you. I will leave this to your imagination, but something like: "I have some working credit card numbers, do you want to swop lists?" usually works!
3> When they reply you will get their UIN !!!!!!
4> You can then use it to look up info on them, or just to have a massive rant at them!
How can I see Invisible users?
ICQ lets people make themselves invisible to certain people. By this it means that it will not show the people you specify that you are actually online - even if you are. This can be useful if you are avoiding someone.
So, how do you see invisible users? Well, this might work for you:
ICQ has a feature called 'Web-aware' which allows other people to go to your personal ICQ web page and see whether you are online or not and do other fun and pointless things. However, this could be pretty useful for us!
Go to the url: http://www.icq.com/<his UIN>
So, if the person who you want to find has the UIN: 3746950 - you would go to:
Now look on the page to see if there is a little image telling you whether he is online or offline.
This is not 100% going to work, as there is an option to switch web-aware off in the preferences.
How can I screw up ICQ?
Spoof a message to someone from their own UIN. If they then add themselves to their own contact list - next time they open ICQ their DB files will corrupt. This means they lose all their contact list.
How can I get someones ICQ password?
Versions before ICQ99b store the ICQ password in plain text (i.e. not encrypted) in their DB file (I believe they are now encrypted? - email me if I am wrong). The DB file is located in the following different places depending on your version:
Version lower that ICQ99a = \ICQ\DB\
ICQ99a = \ICQ\NewDB\
ICQ99b = \ICQ\DB99b\
Simply look through the file for the password - it usually appears on the line beginning "iUserSound". You could also use the web-server exploit detailed earlier to get the DB file.
Well I think thats enough for ICQ right now! Maybe I will come back to the topic as more exploits arise.
How to crash someones computer on a windows 9x network
In theory this technique should allow you crash anyone on your LAN (local area network, i.e. your office/college network) provided they are using Windows 9x (95/98/Millenium?). I am told that this will not crash computers running NT or 2k - although I have not been able to test this.
Has anyone heard of the "win98-con" or "con\con" crash? Well the general idea is this (I wonder how many of you will do this!!):
Go to start menu
Choose Run
Type "\con\con"
Ok, now I will pause for a little while so that the people who tried that have enough time to reboot their computers!! tum tee tum...
When you try to go to a place with \con\con in the name - boom! you will recieve the blue screen of death (the windows crash screen) and you will have to reboot. So trying to go to:
will also crash the computer. This exploit is present in all versions of win 95 and 98. Have you ever tried to create a folder and call it 'con' ? - well try it...windows won't let you. This is because con is kind of like a "reserved" word. Con is not the only one though, there are a few more - but the only other one I can remember is 'Aux'. \aux\aux should also produce the desired effect.
I though this was pretty cool, especially to do to peoples computers when they aren't watching! But apprently it gets even better!
You can use this \con\con thing to crash any computer you like on a network using a small link in html code. There is one restriction though, the computer you are going to crash MUST have at least one shared directory. I will go more in depth into file sharing next volume. For now, to check whether a computer has a share you can use the Nbtstat.exe program (which comes with windows and runs in msdos).
To use Nbtstat to find out if a computer is sharing - in dos type:
Nbtstat -a <target computers IP>
If you get anything useful back, look at the column under says "Name". This is a list of the share names - which is what we are interested in.
Actually to be honest, its probably easier if you find out what shares are on your computer...since most networked computers are set up exactly the same. To find what shares you have, type:
Nbtstat -n
Once you have a share name, create a new web page, and place a link like the one below:
" Click here to Crash your target! "
( Except without the " )
You will have to modify that link above slightly:
Replace "target" with the name of the computer (or the IP? Haven't tried that...should work) you want to crash
Replace "share" with share name you found
Now load the web page up and click the link - you should see the targets computer screen turn blue!
A technique to get peoples network login passwords ( by Max van Gorkum )
At our school, we have a network, but we can only use the internet on slow x86 pc's. At home I have a p400+ with all the extra's-
So when i type in the browser instead of the normal URL (www.altavista.com) I type:
then i get the profiles section in the windows map!
Then i insert my floppy, and copy as much *.pwl files I can find to the floppy. When I'm at home, i insert the floppy in my pc, and I use the program REPWL (or you can use a program similar to that one) to get all the passwords from the pwl files.
Then you get all the passwords of your administrator and all the others. TADA! You can of course insert some trojans so you can remote control the network on your school.
I will use this section in future volumes to just go over a few of the emails I have had from readers of the Hack FAQ's. Often I get questions which are asked by quite a few people - so I will to include the answers here as well.
How can I crack Windows NT passwords?
You need a Windows NT password cracker/decrypter - L0pht Crack is the best around:
** Note that that is a zero in the address - not an 'o' **
How can I hack Dial Up Networking passwords over the Internet?
To hack a DUN password (i.e. to obtain the persons dial up password in plaintext) you either have to get a copy of the persons .pwl files from their c:\windows directory and use a program like 'Cain' to decrypt them OR use a program which will swipe the password from memory (usually only works if they use the 'save password' option in DUN). However, you want to get the passwords via the Internet which proves more difficult. To hack someones DUN passwords over the Internet is not really what you are asking - you need to know how to get access to a persons computer over the Internet. You can then get the .pwl files which store the DUN paswords.
So, you have a few options:
1> Port scan the IP addresses of the computers which you want to break into in hope of finding a vulnerability or trojan installed on the system.
2> Infect them with a trojan type program which will allow you to gain access to them over the internet (custom made trojans work best if you have time to make one).


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Hanksville, UTAH — In the rugged desert landscape of southern Utah, 7.5 miles from the nearest town, 10 student teams competed in the Mars Society's annual University Rover Challenge (URC). Six seasoned engineering students from Bialystok University of Technology in Poland took first place with the "Hyperion" craft — their prototype for what a future Mars rover might look like.
"Out of 500 possible points, they scored 493 — the highest-ever score at URC!" said Kevin Sloane, director of the challenge. Another Polish team, Scorpio 3 from the Wroclaw University of Technology, took second place, with 401 points. Brigham Young University placed third, with 350 points.
Now in its seventh year, the competition draws students from around the world. Teams came from Canada, India, the United States and Poland with their rovers designed to serve future human inhabitants of the Red Planet. The Mars Society is an international organization dedicated to promoting human settlement on Mars. It runs four Mars simulation sites, including the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Canyonlands of Utah. [See video of Mars Rover Challenge]
The Hyperion team attributed its success to having a small group that had worked closely together over the past three years. "Less people, less trouble," team captain Piotr Ciura, who was also a member of the 2011 winning URC team, said in his team's presentation to the judges. The six men built their rover in only two months and arrived several days early to test it on-site. [See also: The Rocky Road to Building the Next Mars Rover ]
For most teams, the toughest challenge was simply getting their rovers to move. "Driving over bumpy dirt roads just to get out to the MDRS can damage parts. One loose wire can mean the entire system fails," said Chuck McMurray, the Mars Society's deputy education director.
After the first day of the three-day competition, most teams had repairs to make. Many stayed up all night working along the narrow walkways in front of their motel-room doors. The defending champions from York University in Toronto had brought their MakerBot 3D printer. It hummed along in a corner of the bathroom for hours making replacement parts for the rover's robotic arm.
Many teams used 3D-printed parts, and judge Anne Andersen, a biologist from Utah State University, said that 3D printing will become as important an invention to the world as the transistor.
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Each rover had four timed tasks to tackle in the desert and around the Mars Desert Research Site: servicing equipment, assisting astronauts, collecting samples and navigating a rough-terrain obstacle course.
"On Mars, it will be a lot easier to send a robot out to fix equipment or deliver supplies than sending out another astronaut," Sloane said. And because rovers on Mars would likely be controlled by those back at a base station, the same restriction was placed on the teams who set up their command centers in trailers out of view of the competition field.
The rovers looked similar — knee-high vehicles with articulated robotic arms, specialized suspension systems for navigating rocky terrain, cameras to provide a video feed, and a telecommunications system to communicate with the command center. Each team added its own selection of scientific instruments and other accessories to accomplish the tasks.
Equipment servicing
The equipment-servicing task demanded the most precision. After a 25-minute setup period, teams sent their rovers out to a PVC box designed to represent a solar panel . McMurray used a flour sifter to cover the panel with dirt.
After flipping a series of light switches — a no-brainer for a human, but difficult for a robot — the rovers were repositioned to use their arms with an attached device to clean the panel. Oregon State's rover used pieces of a Swiffer duster and a pair of ice scrapers for the job, while Hyperion blew the dirt away with a high-powered fan. Scorpio 3 used a rotating brush that worked well until it fell off — the direction of the spin also unscrewed the brush.
Astronaut assist
For this challenge, four scarecrows dressed as astronauts were placed out in the desert, beyond sandy ridges and ravines that blocked them from view. The rovers had to deliver four numbered packages to the corresponding astronauts .
Akers, the rover from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, got stuck on a soft sandy hill — its wheels spinning in a circle as the chassis sunk in the sand. Team members rescued the rover, carrying it back like pallbearers at a funeral.
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Life-sciences students had important roles to play in the sample-collection task. Rovers had to obtain a sample from at least two inches below the ground, perform onboard testing for signs of life and then bring back the sample to the command center for further testing.
Each team had a different solution for this task. For instance, the team from Brigham Young University used a laser on the belly of the rover that revealed degrees of conductivity in the soil. The data was used to pinpoint the spots where microbes were likely to be present. The light was strong enough to blind onlookers if they got too close, a team member said.
The team from SRM University in Chennai, India, made a helix-shaped, hollow drill that could extract a sample as it spun in one direction and emptied the dirt when it rotated in reverse. A blue light on the rover was used to detect microbes. [See also: Mars Once Had All the Right Conditions to Support Life ]
But as in other tasks, mechanical snags foiled a number of teams. Missouri scrambled to fix its nonresponsive scoop attachment. Despite last-minute reprogramming, snipping wires and reattaching pieces with alligator clips, their rover failed to do much more than make it a few yards off the starting point.
The terrain task tested the mechanical design of the rovers. In this task, suspension systems and wheels could make or break a rover as it attempted to pass through five pairs of PVC-pipe gates placed along the rock-strewn course that included sharp drops and steep elevations.
Hyperion stunned the judges with a flawless high-speed run through the terrain course. Given an hour, the Hyperion rover completed the course in less than 12 minutes. No other team was even able to maneuver its rover through all five gates.
A mistake that worked
Oregon State's wheels were the talk of the competition. Instead of using inflatable tires, the team incorporated a simple open metal frame, which gave the rover a significant weight savings and allowed it to perform pretty well on all but the steepest slopes.
"The tires were actually a mistake," team leader John Zeller said. "The tires we ordered didn't fit, so we tried just using the frames — and it worked."
Andersen commended Oregon on being open-minded.
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I've been working on re-vamping my master bedroom. So far, it has taken me 7 years. I should be done pretty soon. I purchased a lamp for it, and it has sat on my side table (with the tags still on it!) for two months. I wanted to "fanicify" the shade somehow, and I just couldn't make up my mind how to do it. But then…I saw this.
However, I didn't really see it until I saw this. That's it! That's how it needed to be fancified! Thank you, Terra from Mama Says Sew. She gives fantastic directions, but I'll give you the low-down here as well.
I purchased 1 1/2 yards of burlap for $2.99. Because the shade was so similar in color, I didn't wrap it beforehand. Looking back now, I wish I would have, but it's not a big deal. Not that many people tour my master bedroom anyway. 🙂
I folded the burlap in half and used my rotary cutter to cut the strips. Don't let the ruler fool you. I didn't measure anything. I just kind of "eyed" each strip, but I did use the ruler to make a straight line. I think they ended up being about 2 1/2 inches.
Per Tessa's directions, fold the strips in half and iron them down. You will line the folded edge with hot glue and place it on the shade in a squiggly manner.
Do this for about three days, burn your fingers five times, and itch for hours because of all the messy burlap residue.
Once you're done, you'll have something like this!
Unfortunately, I don't think the base is staying this color, but it certainly is pretty! It was just the texture I was looking for, and it only cost $2.99 to do it. Inspiration abounds in blogland, doesn't it?


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Interesting things that you learn about computers in movies:
# Word processors never display a cursor.
# You never have to use the spacebar when typing long sentences.
# All monitors display 2 inch high letters.
# High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA, or some such governmental institution, have easy-to-understand graphical interfaces.
#Those that don't will have incredibly powerful text-based command shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain English.
# Corollary: You can gain access to any information you want by simply typing "ACCESS ALL OF THE SECRET FILES" on any keyboard.
# Likewise, you can infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS."
# Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or whenever the screen changes. Some computers also slow down the output on the screen so that it doesn't go faster than you can read. The *really* advanced ones also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer as the characters come across the screen.
# People typing away on a computer will turn it off without saving the data.
# A hacker can get into the most sensitive computer in the world before intermission and guess the secret password in two tries.
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BANGKOK – Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, beginning a mission to boost the morale of those countries' tiny minority Catholic communities and speak about issues of concern including human trafficking and peacemaking.
He is expected to highlight his admiration in Thailand for the community's missionary ancestors who brought the faith to this Buddhist nation centuries ago and endured bouts of persecution as recently as the 1940s.
Francis was greeted by Surayud Chulanont, former prime minister and head of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's Privy Council.
His warmest welcome, however, came from his second cousin, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, who has been a missionary in Thailand since the 1960s and will serve as his translator during his time here. On stepping down from the plane, the first thing Francis did – even before his official welcome from Surayud – was to hug his cousin.
He also met about a dozen children in traditional hilltribe attire. One wearing an elaborate headdress came forward with a huge smile on her face and hugged him. He also received an artillery salute.
Francis' three-day visit to Thailand, followed by three days in Japan, will be a welcome break for the 82-year-old pope. He is enduring fresh opposition from Catholic conservatives in the U.S. over his just-concluded meeting on the Amazon as well as a new financial scandal at home.
Leaving those concerns behind, Francis will meet with Thailand's supreme Buddhist leader, Thai authorities as well as all the Catholic bishops of Asia – a rare chance for him to address some of the major challenges facing the Catholic Church in the region and the men responsible for dealing with them.
On the eve of the trip, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said interfaith relations and emphasizing the dignity of every person are likely to be raised.
Francis has made the fight against human trafficking a hallmark of his papacy. He is expected to raise this issue in Thailand, which is a key transit point for victims of human trafficking, forced labor and the sex trade.
Francis is also expected to encourage the Catholic community, which represents just 0.58 percent of its 69 million people, as well as encourage the largely Buddhist country to continue welcoming migrants and showing tolerance to people of other faiths. That message is also intended to reach the country's small Muslim community amid a persistent insurgency in the far south bordering Malaysia.
Thirty-five years after St. John Paul II became the first pope to visit Thailand, Francis is marking the 350th anniversary of the creation of a stable apostolic vicariate in Thailand, then known as Siam, after Dominican missionaries first brought the faith in 1567, followed by members of Francis' own Jesuit order.
Francis will pray at the tomb of Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung, known as the Rev. Benedikto Chunkim, who became the first martyred priest of modern Thailand when he was killed in 1944. Francis is also likely to refer to seven other martyrs killed in 1940 as a nationalistic government sought to convert all Thais to Buddhists.
In the morning ahead of the Pope's arrival, members of the Catholic community continued preparations for his activities
At the National Stadium, where Francis will be celebrating Mass before tens of thousands of people, students gathered with their band instruments for a costume rehearsal as their parents looked on with excitement.
Eight-year-old Jiraroj Panyam, who will be playing the saxophone, said he hoped to tell the pope to "keep on working hard, have faith and be cheerful."
"I think this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone, not just him, but for everyone no matter what nationality or religion they are," said Mongkol Devapradipa, whose son will also be performing on Thursday.


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Why There's More Than Meets the Eye With Some Charities
In the video below, Ken Stern, former CEO of National Public Radio, discusses why some charities are popular despite little evidence of effectiveness. While this certainly isn't to say that all charities are ineffective, Stern shares a few stories below about how some charities have played up their actual effectiveness. Stern also gives his take on how people can find charities that are making a difference.
The full version of the interview can be found here, in which Stern discusses his new book, With Charity For All. In the book, Stern takes on the charitable sector, which he says, "operates with little accountability, no real barriers to entry, and a stunning lack of evidence of effectiveness." Stern discusses in detail what's broken in the charitable sector, how to fix it, and how Americans can best make a difference. Given Stern's unique perspective from his time at NPR, we also discussed with him the future of radio, and the technologies that are disrupting it.
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Brendan: A couple of the individual charities, or at least individual charitable sectors you talk about -- one is D.A.R.E., another one is the water charities in Africa and Latin America -- could you talk about those specifically, and what's going on with them? Maybe more than meets the eye?
Ken: Yeah. I'll tell you a couple of stories. There are lots of stories in my book. It tells you in loving detail; I'll give you the skim read of it.
D.A.R.E., which is -- sorry, I can't actually remember what the acronym stands for -- is the principle educational charity in this country for educating children about the challenges of drug abuse. There is 20 years of high-quality research that shows that D.A.R.E. is actually ineffective, and, in some cases, harmful, because it's where kids actually can learn about drugs.
What is extraordinary to me, it's actually on a list of social programs that don't work, yet it still remains because it has a good public narrative, it has good political connections, and good ties to local police departments and schools. It still remains the principle charitable educational program in this country and, because no district is going to have more than one drug awareness educational program, it blocks other more effective programs from getting in.
Water charities to me are very interesting, because water charities are very good ... what you'll find is charities are very good at the stories that sell. The stories that sell are drilling whole wells. The stories that don't sell is maintenance and repairs -- an engineer going out to tighten bolts -- so what you have is lots of wells and lots of wells that fall into disrepair and don't work anymore. It's actually a tragedy across Asia and Africa.
One story I tell in the book -- I'll try to tell this fairly quickly -- is the story of a group called Play Pumps, which was a very hot charity about 10 years ago. They had the idea of putting in merry-go-rounds that doubled as pumps so you'd have kids get on the merry-go-rounds. They'd go around and that would drive the pumps and water would come up into a tank.
It was this grand idea, great idea. Lots of money for the Case Foundation, it was a big star of the Clinton Global Initiative one year. They installed thousands of these across Africa, until someone said that, "The emperor has no clothes."
The kids weren't using it. They had taken perfectly good pumps out of service to put on these merry-go-rounds, which no kids used, so it left the women of the village laboriously pushing these heavy playgrounds around.
No one thought to actually test these things on the ground before they went and instituted 4,000 of these across the continent.
Brendan: I think one of the main things that confuses people is, not necessarily all water charities are ineffective. Some have to be effective, but which ones are they? What's the best way for an individual to know that they're giving to a charity that's actually going to make a difference?
Ken: It's very hard. It is very hard because, as of today, there is no one single source for finding information. If you're an investor into the stock market, you go to The Motley Fool, you go to Mutual Funds, and there are lots and lots of resources.
There are 150,000 people whose jobs it is to help individual investors in the mutual fund industry make personal investments. There are less than 100 people across the country whose jobs are to help individuals make donations.
It's very hard to know. There's no substitute for doing the work yourself. I often encourage people to band together into groups, sort of like investing clubs -- charitable investing clubs -- and start sharing ideas and information and doing the work, and figuring out what the best charities are.
I will give a shout out, if I can, to Charity Navigator. It's one of the charity rating services which I was unbelievably hard on in the book, because mostly what they rate are things that are actually irrelevant to charitable effectiveness -- overhead, and things like that.
I told the story about the American Red Cross, which needs more overhead, so I actually think they've been a disservice, but they announced last month, after my book was to print, that they are launching something called Charity Navigator 3.0, which is the first attempt by any organization to rate effectiveness.
It's going to take a couple of years for them to roll out, but it's something I think everyone should keep their eyes on.
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Annual Time-Out Wacipi celebration and events begin April 4 at UND
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The annual Time-Out Wacipi will be held April 4-10 at the University of North Dakota, celebrating 41 years of education and diversity with speakers, entertainment, workshops and activities for all ages. A Wacipi is a celebration featuring dancing and singing. Drum groups and dancers come from all parts of the continent to take part in this cultural celebration.
Events for Time-Out Week begin 11 a.m. April 4 at the Memorial Union with a spiritual blessing and welcome. Throughout the week, a variety of activities that are free and open to the public will be held on campus. Some events include:
- April 4 – "Voice of a Contemporary Native Sculptor," a presentation by Bruce LaFountain, 3-4:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
- April 5 – "Contemporary American Indian Cooking," a cooking demonstration by Hillary Kempenich, 12-2 p.m., Wellness Center Culinary Corner
- April 6 – Earl Bullhead discusses his experiences teaching the Lakota language, 2-3:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
- April 7 – A hoop dance demonstration by Wayne Fox, 7 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl
These events provide educational opportunities highlighting the cultural traditions, talents, and contributions that American Indians bring to the community and region.
Wacipi Dance Competition
On April 8, the grand entry for UNDIA Wacipi dance competition begins at 7 p.m. in the Hyslop Sport Center. Grand entries will also take place on April 9 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on April 10 at 1 p.m. The categories are:
- Adult men's and women's Golden age 55 +
- Senior adults men and women ages 35-54
- Junior adults men and women ages 18-34
- Teen boys and girls ages 13-17
- Junior boys and girls ages 6-12
- Tiny tots ages 0-5
- Singing contest: First to fourth place
Registration begins April 8 at 4 p.m. and closes April 9 at 1 p.m. Admission is free to UND students with ID and those over 60 and under 5 years old. The cost to all others is $10 for the weekend or $6 per day. A traditional feed on April 9 at 5 p.m. is free to the public.
In conjunction with Time-Out Wacipi, the North Dakota Indian Education Association will host a conference on "American Indian Education: The Link and Connection for Indian Children" April 7-8 on the second floor of the Memorial Union.
The UND Indian Association is sponsoring the Timeout Tournament April 8-10 at Hyslop Sports complex. The 16-team, double-elimination men's competition is open to teams with 10-man rosters.
Time-Out Wacipi sponsors include the City of Grand Forks, UND Student Government, Student Organization Funding Agency (SOFA), American Indian Student Services, Department of Indian Studies, UND Indian Association (UNDIA), UND Indian Studies Association (U ND ISA) and the Cultural Awareness Committee.
For more information, call 777-4291 or 777-4314 or visit UND Indian Studies Association or UND Indian Association
Recommended Citation
University of North Dakota. "Annual Time-Out Wacipi celebration and events begin April 4 at UND" (2011). UND News Features. 54.


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Columbus, Ohio (Feb. 24, 2012) - A search has commenced to find candidates for the position of Executive Director at the Ohio Supercomputer Center, located in Columbus, Ohio.
"The Executive Director has responsibility for overseeing and serving as the technology leader of Ohio's advanced computing and research, industrial innovation and computational science resources. Candidates for this position must have a clear vision for the potential of advanced technology to increase research opportunities and economic competitiveness of the state of Ohio and nationally."
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Below, Haitian women workers tell of their experiences in sweatshops. These interviews, gathered over the past two years, are among many dozens that this writer has collected from Haitian sweatshop workers since the early 1980s. Not one has ever diverged from the narrative of miserable working conditions and the inability to feed, shelter, and educate their children on insufficient wages. Below, women tell of their experiences as sweatshop workers and offer their analysis on better types of jobs for Haiti.
Ghislene Deloné [her requested pseudonym, because of her fear of retribution from textile companies] spent eleven years as a seamstress in a plant in Port-au-Prince's industrial park. Today she is employed as a health promoter with factory workers.
"The workers leave their houses at 5:00 in the morning; they can get home at 8:00 at night. Then when they get home, they have to go out to see if they can find water. They have to sweep, wash the dishes, help their children study, wash the children's uniforms, make up the children's lunch boxes. They race out to the market because here you live hand-to-mouth: you can only buy what you need for that day. They have to give their children some food if they can.
"They're always struggling to see how they're going to make ends meet. They might have to go to a loan shark. When they get paid each payday, they already owe all of it.
"We each need the other: bosses need workers, workers need bosses. We need the work they're sending us from other countries because without it, this country can't advance. So many people are looking for work and you know there's not a lot.
"But the jobs there can't be based on the exploitation of people. They need to respect the rights and human dignity of people and raise the wages. We need security and to be treated as human beings.
"We have to join forces, but it's so hard. We need strong, courageous women to enter into the struggle, then things could change. That's what's going to get the bosses to respect the rights of workers."
Since quitting her job as a seamstress, Ruth Jean-Pierre survives off her own sewing business. She has almost no buyers, however, thanks to Haiti's growing second-hand clothes market. Ruth is the sole provider for her 14 children and grandchildren.
"In the factories, there's a system that we call 'give to me and I'll give to you.' It means that you have to agree to have sex with the supervisor or that person can blacklist you or get you fired. My supervisor was trying to seduce me, but I said no because I had a husband. So he fired me.
"What I was getting paid didn't help me with my kids and the things we needed, anyway. All I could do with my salary was buy my food and pay for transportation to the factory.
"In 2009, I heard that people were protesting so the workers could have a salary of 200 gourdes [at the time, US$5]. I don't know if it passed. [Ed. note: The raise only went into effect last year.] But the salary can't do anything for people with their economic problems. People have to pay for transportation, they have to eat, they have to pay rent, if they have children they have to pay for school, which is very expensive.
"If they would think about this and give workers a salary that could respond to their needs, it would be better. If they had more factories in this country it would be better for poor people, but the salary they're paying has to change."
Aluta Marcelin worked in US- and Haitian-owned factories for three years. She has not found other work since, but says she will never return to the assembly industry.
"I had a child who didn't have a father, and I didn't have any family or anyone who could help me. I was starving, I couldn't eat or sleep, and my child was hungry and crying all the time. When I asked a man for a job [in the factory], he said, 'Okay, but you have to have sex with me.' I told him, 'If I was looking for sex, I wouldn't be talking to you about this job.'
"He gave me the job even though I didn't have sex with him. But once I was on the job, I wasn't safe because there were a lot of men [supervisors] who were always looking to have sex with the women and do violence to them. Finally, so I wouldn't lose my job, I had sex with one of the men. I had a child to feed, and I had no choice.
"I made do. They say the little people always get the worst and the bigger ones always get the best.
"Instead of factories, we could create businesses among ourselves. We could make products and go abroad to sell them. We could find patrons and show them the beautiful work that Haiti is doing and tell them that we want to work but we can't. They could finance our work. If our products sell well, we could make profits."
Suzette Pierre worked in a garment factory from 2003-2005, until being fired for refusing to continue sleeping with her supervisor. Though she has been unemployed since, she says she won't work in a factory again. She has four children.
"The person who got me the job at the factory told me to have sex with him. Each time he wanted it, I was supposed to go along with it. I resigned myself to it, because I had to save the lives of my two children. I got pregnant, but I still worked every day, every day. He didn't fire me because I never refused to give him what he demanded.
"What I did at the factory was pull the stray threads from the shirts and then fold and pack them properly. Each packet had 32 shirts. To meet quota, I had to clean [pull threads] and pack seven packets each day [0.5 cents per shirt]. But I couldn't do that, to be honest. I could never meet the quota, so I only made 450 gourdes [US $10.71] every two weeks. I couldn't take care of my children any more and I took them out of school.
"The reason I left the factory was because another man, the supervisor, demanded that I sleep with him, too. If you had a complaint, like you need more hours to work, he got you the hours. But then you had to pay him. Any time he wanted to use you, he could. We would arrange a rendez-vous in his bedroom, or sometimes I would meet him at a hotel. I went because I wanted my children to go to school. And every time he passed me in the factory, he would grope me.
"It was like being pressed in a vise, like every person could demand that I sleep with him. I couldn't take it any longer. I resigned myself, I spoke to the children, I said, "Misery for more misery, surviving just to survive… nothing is going to change this way."
"I wouldn't go along with it anymore. So they fired me.
"If the U.N. wants to put more factories in Haiti, it could be good, because there are a lot of people who don't have work. But me, if someone who runs a factory wanted me to go there, I wouldn't go. I already did two jobs at once. I've already been through that. If they're really going to establish more factories, there needs to be a pledge that women doing factory work don't have to do the other kind of work."
Many thanks to Lynn Selby for translating Suzette Pierre's interview, to Jean Julien for translating Aluta Marcelin's, and to Joseph Alain Charles for translating Ghislene Deloné's. For previous articles in this series on sweatshops, see A Hard Day's Labor for $4.76: The Offshore Assembly Industry in Haiti and "Mrs. Clinton Can Have Her Factories": A Haitian Sweatshop Worker Speaks.


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Greg Farrell and Howard Mustoe Monday, 10 December 2012 05:07 PM EST
The bank, whose top executives were accused of lax oversight by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in July, has been the target of investigations run by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Controls, the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Manhattan District Attorney.
The agreement is set to be announced Tuesday, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter isn't public. Earlier Monday, Standard Chartered Plc, Britain's second-largest bank by market value, agreed to pay $327 million in fines after regulators alleged it violated U.S. sanctions with Iran.
HSBC Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver's attempts to reduce costs and improve profitability at the bank have been hurt by the U.S. probes and compensation claims from U.K. clients. The Senate committee said that failures in HSBC's money-laundering controls allowed terrorists and drug cartels access to the U.S. financial system.
Robert Sherman, a spokesman for London-based HSBC, declined to comment on the settlement. The bank had earlier said that it was cooperating with the various investigations.
Additional Provision
HSBC made an additional $800 million provision in the third quarter to cover a potential settlement, adding to $700 million it had already earmarked. The bank said on Nov. 5 it will probably face charges as part of U.S. anti-money-laundering probes and the cost of a settlement may "significantly" exceed the $1.5 billion the bank has set aside.
Gulliver, who became CEO in January 2011, is seeking to cut costs by $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion and revive profit by selling assets to focus on those emerging economies in which the bank has a greater market share. The savings may exceed that range and be met by the end of 2013, HSBC said last month.
London-based Standard Chartered, after agreeing in August to a $340 million settlement with New York's Department of Financial Services, told investors on Dec. 6 it expected to pay about $330 million to resolve other investigations.
The bank will pay $100 million to the Federal Reserve and $227 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Manhattan District Attorney. The settlement includes a $132 million fine to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, according to a statement from the Federal Reserve today.
In Talks
HSBC has been in talks with U.S. regulators over allegations it laundered funds of sanctioned nations including Iran and Sudan. The probes prompted Standard & Poor's to question whether the lender, Europe's largest by market value, is too big to be managed effectively.
The settlement would also surpass the $619 million in penalties paid in June by ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company.
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